The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-10
MEN FOR HOUSEWORK.
a Dream of What May Come to Pass
in the h ear uture.
From the Boston Transcript.

in the h ear uture.
From the Boston Transcript.
There is a great thought, brilliant indus
trial suggestion, in the case of Frank King,
otherwise Kitty Russell, who has been
forced, according the young persons own
story, to adopt woman's garb and go out
to work as a housemaid and waitress in or
der to earn living Mr.. Frank King says
that he had money enough to live on, with
out work, up to year ago Then circum-
stances compelled him to go to work. He
could find no work to do as man, but he
observed that there was always an unsup-
piled demand for female domestic help. If
the work would not come to Frank King,
Frank King would go to the work; and his
face was smooth and his stature moderate,
and as short hair is fashionable, he had no
difficulty in Disgusting himself in womans
clothes and getting situation. The scru-
tiny of hkely-looking servant girls, as
everybody knows, is not keen. The advent
of any kind of girl at all is, in certain un-
lucky households, especially suburban house
holds, matter for exceeding rejoicing.
Kitty Russell says, however, that she was
compelled to fly from one place to another
TO avoid detection; and, at last. having 10
Gated with family in Chelsea, where she
was regarded as perfect jewel, she was in
discreet enough yesterday, having a fond
ness for the military, to go out and and see
the parade of the First Regiment and was
pounced upon and arrested by sharp-eyed
policeman, who detected her disguise. So
that here, for time at least, Kitty Rus
sells promising industrial career was
brought to a close.
The Listener says that there is sugges-
ton in this affair. 1t ought to be plain
enough what it is. There are thousands of
men, we are told, who cannot find work to
do. There are many more thousands OF
women who will not do homework. Now
of these thousands of men there are a ma
jority, beyond doubt, who might make
themselves quite handy at homework, or at
least good deal handler than nothing at
all. Let these poor wretches without en-
ployment be 'dr.iven to petticoats," as Mr..
Frank King was. To petticoats, that is, if
it is regarded as necessary to keep up fic-
ton of femininity; but in order to spare the
stalwart mads-of-all-work such episodes as
Kitty Russell was subjected to when she
went out to see the soldiers, and to keep
within the law, the petticoat might be only
mere perfunctory, documentary one-a
sort of Albanian fnstdnettd, neatly disposed
over Mchael's neat but ample pantaloons.
Perhaps a function and legitimate oppor-
tunity for the divided skirt may be found at
last in this suggested industrial movement:
The sex of the new servants might be still
further disguised little, without being
denied, by adding a feminine termination
to the well-known masculine name.
One can imagine an interesting domestic
scene under this new regime.
"Michaellal" the mistress calls. "Micha-
ella?n
Enter Michaella, the second girl, in neat
suit consisting of a calico jacket, short
starched nainsook petticoat, and coarse
checked trousers over cowhide boots. Her
boots make something OF clatter as she
comes in over the hardwood floor of the
hall, and her mistress eyebrows knit d
little.
'Michaella,n she says, II must caution
YOU again to walk little more softly.